Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-06-16


Hill is pleasing. Ten wagon roads
leave the borough, radiating there
from like spokes from a hub. The
Johannesburg, Carlysle and Harris
burg Road, enter the north side. the
York and Hanover roads the east side,
the Baltimore. Tanoytown and Emmitts-
burg, the south side and the Hagerstown
and Chambersburg, the West Side.
But so much for Gettysburg,
The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial
Association was Incorporated by al act
of the General Assembly of the State
of Pennsylvania which was approved
April 30th, 1864, by A. G. Curtein, the
war Governor. 1t was founded for the
purpose of holding and preserving the
battle grounds of Gettysburg with their
natural and artificial defences, and to
erect memorial structures in commem-
Grafton of the achievements to the act
ors of that great contest.
Power was conferred upon the asso-
citation to purchase lands, lay out roads
and avenues and erect monuments. The
property of the association, real and
personal, is exempt from taxation and
not liable to attachment or execution.
The association is managed by a
president and board of twenty-five
trustees, together with ex-ofiicio direc-
tors from the states contributing to its
support. ANY person may become
life-member by paying $1,000 which
entities the party to a vote in person or
by proxy, in the election of officers or
its general management.
BY the charter the Governor of Penn
sylvania is ex-officio president of the
association. The Governors of the
states that contributed to the support
of the institution by legislative contri-
button, are made ex-ofIicio members of
the board with power to substitute under
official State seal one of its citizens to
represent the State. The association now
owns in fec nearly 400 acres of land,
embracing Reynolds Grove, the two
Round Tops, The Wheat Field, East
Cemetery Hill, the entire Union line of
battle from Cemetery Hill TO Round
Top. The Union line of battle from the
Hagerstewn road 10 the Johannesburg
road. This was the line of the lst Corps,
on the first day of July, 1868. and in
eludes the liue of battle of the Iron
Brigade. Tho association is about to
purchase the land along the line of
battle of the 18th Corps, from the
Johannesburg road across the Carlysle
to the Harrisburg road. The forty
acres of land owned by Gen. S. w.
Crawford including Devils Den and the
ground lying between the Wheat Field
aud the Round Tops are also under the
care of the association. The act of in
corporation confers upon the assocl-
alton similar power as to railroad COM
panies to exercise the right of eminent
domain. About eight miles of drive
ways, along the Union lines have been
constructed. More than sixty monu-
ments of various designs have already
been erected and may be found along
the avenues, in fields, pastures, door
yards, and in all kinds of out-of-the-
way places. Over $40,00000 have
been expended for the purchase of lands
and opening of avenues, and it is for
this purpose that our State Legislature
has appropriated $1,000 90. Beside
the sum of one hundred dollars annu-
ally TO the secretary no salaries are
paid.
Among the prominent members of
the association, is Col, John b, Bachel-
der of Massachusetts, the Government
historian of the battle of Gettysburg.
In looks he is the perfection of military
officer; well built and tall, white Burn
sides, we'll informed, animated, of
ready and pleasing address, he seems
the soul of the association. / did not
have the pleasure of making the ac-
quaintance of any of the other officers ex-
cept Mr.. ohm NJ. Kranth, the secretary,
who is quiet gentleman, enthusiastic
as 10 the object of the associations; but
Nature did not endow him with the
physique, animation and sparkling adj
dress of Col. Bachelor. The latter
informed us that he had made the
battle of Gettysburg a study since the
war and has consulted with more than
two thousand officers and privates OF
/ both armies in reference to the general
! position and movements of troops.
believe that without his aid it would be
very difficult for some of the commits
sioners to locate the sites of their mon
uments. We were all highly impressed
with the accuracy of his statements
regarding many incidents of the battle.
But now the commission is ready tc
assume their inspection of the great
battle field, an account of which in
next weeks HERALD Will conclude
this sketch.
Madison Races.